St Adalbertus domesticus : Patterns of Missioning and Episcopal Power in Poland and Scandinavia, in the Eleven to Thirteenth Centuries

Jezierski, Wojtek (1979- ),

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St Adalbertus domesticus : Patterns of Missioning and Episcopal Power in Poland and Scandinavia, in the Eleven to Thirteenth Centuries Jezierski, Wojtek (1979- ),

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St Adalbertus domesticus : Patterns of Missioning and Episcopal Power in Poland and Scandinavia, in the Eleven to Thirteenth Centuries

Acta Poloniae Historica T. 119 (2019), In Honour of Professor Halina Manikowska

Jezierski, Wojtek (1979- ),

Hartzell, James : Ed. ; Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences ; Polish National Historical Committee

Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Warszawa

2019

p. 209-260 : ill. ; 23 cm

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episcopal relics ; mythopoesis; ; secondary mythologization ; Adalbert, Bishop of Prague (saint ; 956-997) ; Sigfrid (saint ; ?-ca 1045) ; Henry of Finland (saint ; ?-ca 1160) ; Gniezno (Poland)

This article explores the ways episcopal milieus on the north-eastern peripheries of Europe created and renewed their identities and symbols of episcopal authority by domesticating their immigrant saints during the high Middle Ages. By comparing the examples of holy bishops arriving to Poland and Sweden (St Adalbert, St Sigfrid, St Henry), it studies the episcopal mythopoesis, that is, the creation of foundational myths and mythologies as well as their adaptation to specific local needs and changing historical circumstances. The article further probes to what extent these mythopoetic efforts were original or imitative in comparison to the Western European episcopal centres and other peripheries. How similarly or differently did the bishops in the “old” and “young” Europe respond to the question: What beginnings do we need today? And what role did the appropriation, commodification, and domestication of holy bishops’ images and body parts play in building the institutional identities of bishoprics?

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